June 29, 2018

VirusTotal Monitor, a service to mitigate false positives (to be used by software developers)

http://blog.virustotal.com/2018/06/vtmonitor-to-mitigate-false-positives.html?m=1

“One of VirusTotal’s core missions is to empower our antivirus partners. By building better tools to detect and study malware, VirusTotal gets to make a dent in the security of billions of users (all those that use the products of our partners). Until now we have focused on helping the antivirus industry flag malicious files, and now we also want to help it fix mistaken detections of legit files, i.e. false positives.”

June 10, 2018

Debunking the 6 biggest myths about “technology addiction"

https://www.salon.com/2018/05/26/debunking-the-6-biggest-myths-about-technology-addiction_partner/
"I am a psychologist who has worked with teens and families and conducted research on technology use, video games and addiction. I believe most of these fear-mongering claims about technology are rubbish. There are several common myths of technology addiction that deserve to be debunked by actual research."

June 09, 2018

Rise of the deepfakes

http://theweek.com/articles/777592/rise-deepfakes
"New technology makes it alarmingly easy to make realistic videos of people saying and doing things they've never done. Here's everything you need to know."